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Questions about the book of Lamentations

The book of Lamentations is traditionally held to have been written by the prophet Jeremiah.

Lamentations, as the title suggests, is an expression of grief at the judgements that have befallen Judah because of iniquity. Jeremiah expresses sorrow for the losses of his people, but also expresses hope in the goodness and promises of the Lord.

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What does the "splendour of Israel" has been hurled down to earth mean?

In Lamentations 2:1 it is written: How the Lord has covered the daughter of Zion with the cloud of his anger! He has hurled down the splendour of Israel from heaven to earth, he has not remembered his footstool in the day of his anger. I want…
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Why do infants ask for wine in Lamentations 2:12?

Lamentations 2:11-12 My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. They say to their mothers, "Where is bread…
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What is the significance of the 'postscript' in Lamentations?

What is the meaning and translation of the 'postscript' at the end of the book of Lamentations as is recorded in the Stuttgartensia?
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Does God ordain evil?

Lamentations 3:38 (NASB) Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both good and ill go forth? Does God ordain evil? I understand there are many biblical references which show that He allows it, but this verse seems to imply that evil comes…
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Significance of Lamentations postscript

What is the meaning and translation of the postscript at the end of the book of Lamentations and was this included in the original autograph?
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Lamentations 1:13: "he turned me back": how does that relate to the rest of the verse?

Lamentations 1:13 NRSV From on high he sent fire; it went deep into my bones; he spread a net for my feet; he turned me back; he has left me stunned, faint all day long. The first and third couplets ("...fire/...bones") and "...stunned/...long")…
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